MacLoc is a brilliant little app that does a simple thing in style — it locks your screen. And yes there are a 101 ways of doing this without getting yet another app on your macintosh free or otherwise(e.g.: Butler, DeskShade, Keychain, Scripts…) but I like the look of the icon — clean and crisp and happy to click lock my screen with MacLoc when I walk out for a coffee or a much needed break.
Monthly Archive for July, 2008
I have been an Adobe Lightroom fan since the early days and having dabbled in it a bit I could tell the power this piece of software had over others in the market — Capture One, iPhoto, iView MediaPro and so on. Still remember buying the first version before I headed to Perth for a holiday last year and then came version 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4 all with progressive changes until beta 2 landed on the threshold with some very promising additions. Since using beta 2 of the program I have found it IMPOSSIBLE to go back to Lighroom version 1.x so I literally stuck with it right until yesterday when Lightroom version 2 was released! I was quick to buy the upgrade after a quick look at Matt and Scott’s review and my own experience of working through Lightroom beta 2.
I am going to start this post of by quoting a few things of Andrew Denton’s Elders on ABC. Much of what I am going to say is actually better summarised in those quotes and having watched Andrew interview Bob Hawke left me more than just inspired. The simplicity of the chat, the truthfulness and the love for honest human feelings expressed juxtaposed with pauses and deep silence and reminiscence of yesteryears warmed the inner cockles of my heart. It is very hard to surmise these feelings in a post however long it may be. If you watched this interview you’re probably in agreement but if you haven’t you could still catch the abbreviated videos online. Remarkable honest and touching interview. Brilliant work there Andrew.
It was cold and windy and about 3 degree C when we got into Paris. It was a little bit cloudy. We have had an almost 24 hours flight from Sydney into Charles de Gaulle. We checked in had a showed chucked our bags and went out for a walk in the brisk fresh air of Tour de Eiffel. Moments later I took this shot as we reached the base of the famous Eiffel Tower. Cloudy days allow for a greater range of photography and once shot I applied some tint and hue adjustments in Photoshop to bring out the contrast between the Eiffel Tower and the afternoon clouds in the background. You can download and use it as your desktop wallpaper.
I have no idea where HP found this but is a masterpiece. A must read dare I say! So without much ado here we go:
In the beginning God covered the earth with broccoli, cauliflower and spinach, with green, yellow and red vegetables of all kinds so Man and Woman would live long and healthy lives.
Then using God’s bountiful gifts, Satan created Dairy Ice Cream and Magnums. And Satan said, ‘You want hot fudge with that?
And Man said, ‘Yes!’ And Woman said, ‘I’ll have one too with chocolate chips’. And lo they gained 10 pounds.
And God created the healthy yoghurt that woman might keep the figure that man found so fair.
And Satan brought forth white flour from the wheat and sugar from the cane and combined them. And Woman went from size 12 to size 14.
So God said, ‘Try my fresh green salad’. And Satan presented Blue Cheese dressing and garlic croutons on the side.
And Man and Woman unfastened their belts following the repast.
Thank you all who came to the Tupperware party. It was great to see you all and we did have a fun afternoon. Thank you all also for the lovely nibbles that you got and a big thank you to DS for keeping the kitchen going so smooth when we were all having fun.
At some stage Claudia would have mentioned to you how very much I really like the Antarctica set and on doing the math post our party I did qualify for one. Yay! 
I am really happy about that and a big thanks to you all. Of course now that I’ll have the Antarctica set with me soon I’m starting to feel the need for some pantry organisation. And nothing organises your pantry better than those versatile Modular Mates… the cranberry lids do look nice. I bought myself the Cool Cubes, On the go set with a sports bottle, the lime/orange squeezer. Looking forward to my delivery. What did you get?
The long wait in nearly over, in less than a few hours iPhone 3G will be released in Australia. While I’d have been one of the contender to get it in the first release Apple having released iPhone with Telstra, Optus and Vodafone only has left me with little choice other than to wait. Perhaps that is a good thing for all I know.
It would be good to see all bugs ironed out when I get mine. It still annoys me to think 3 missed out on such a huge deal… For those who may not know 3 launched in Australia in April 2003 and was the first 3G network here in Australia not to mention its 1.7 million customer base to this day — not sure what went wrong in Apple not choosing 3 during release of iPhone. Surely 3 has a bigger audience base compared to Vodaphone and Optus. This probably saw 3 gets customers to pester Apple for iPhone (via Harry). And after a huge response from a lot of 3 users Noel Hamill, Director Sales, Marketing and Product, 3 wrote in a message that they are going to take this appeal to Apple. But no release dates were mentioned.
Is this short-sightedness on part of Apple? Not sure. Then again when the 2G iPhones launched in US a year back they released them with AT&T. Not the best carrier in US either. Go figure! Apple does great things and I loved most of what they do but Phone carrier market research for Australia has clearly not been their strong point.